Pie-trimmer.



'PATENTBD JAN. 27, 1903 T. REMINGER. PIE TRIMMER.

"APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT THEODORE REMINGER, OF NEW l/VASHINGTGN, OHIO.

PIE-=TRIMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,043, dated January 2'2, 1.2603.

Applicationdled November 3, 1902. Serial No. 129,934 (Nomodeld useful Improvements in Pie-Trimmers, of

whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices employed in connection with pastry-cooking, and has for its object the con'structionef a simplyformed and easily-operated implement for the purpose'of trimming and crimping pies and similar products; and the invention con sists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claims followin In the drawings illustrative of the inven tion, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the implement complete. Fig. 2 is sectional. side elevation.

The implement may be made of any desired size and may be varied in shape to suit different sizes and forms of the product upon which it will be employed, and consists in a cylindrical portion 10, havinga flaring flanged end 11, with the peripheries of these two portions provided with ornamental configurations of any desired design or fanciful shape. Attached to the'opposite end of the cylindrical portion is a cutting-wheel 12, preferably convex toward the cylindricalportion and also preferably greater in diameter than the flanged end 11 and spaced therefrom, as shown. The cylindrical portion 10 and the flange 11 may be constructed integral and of wood or-metal, as preferred, or partially of wood and partially of metal, the function of the parts 10 11 being to impart to the pie or other product the fanciful ornamental crimped outer edge, while the cutting-wheel 12 serves totrim the pie' into symmetrical shape.

The handle member consists in themain stock or shank 13, with one end it bent at right angles to the shank and extended through the cutting-wheel 12 and-the. cylindrical portion 10 and forming the hearing therefor, the stock portion 13 being disposed in comparative close proximity to the outer side of the wheel 12, and thus preventinglongithdinal movement of the cutting and crimping portion upon the handle member,

the handle member being thus disposed. at right angles to the axial line of the cylinder.

- The handle member 13, with its journal portion 14 disposed at right angles thereto, thus serves not onlyas a support to time u tting and crimping portion of the device, hut ale as stop to hold it in proper position rein to the handle member, and thereby secure their proper coaction. When thus constructed and arranged, a very convenient and easilyoperated device produced, whi 1i Wh t; placed upon the outer margin of a is before it is naked, with the cuttinguh in position against the edge of the plate and run around the latter, the cutiingwrhecl will. remove the surplus dough and the portions 10 ll at the same ti me imprint pen the margin of the pie repeated impressions of the configurations upon their sin-faces, as will be readily understood. The flanged portion. ll, coacting with the cylindrical portion 10, produces a convex con figuration to the margin of thepie and conforms more readily to its outlines, and thereby materially increases the effectiveness of the action and cpl-respondingly increases the value of the invention. The flanged end 11 is therefore an important feature of the invention, adding: materially to its effectiveness and crimping; the dough which will form the upper crust more thoroughlyinto engagement with the dough which will fprm the lower crust and effectually pre venting the leakage or overflow of the mate rial making up the contents of the pie.

The implement thus disclosed makes a ver effective easily constructed and operated device very simple in its action and enabling the pastrycook to trim and crimp pies very expeditiously and uniformly and impart thereto a finished appearance. The stock por tion 13 will be provided with a suitable grip member 15 to enable the operator to handle the device with precision and to hold the cutting-wheel in proper position relative to the edge of'the pie-plate.

The device may be employed for a variety of purposes in connection with pastry-cool:- ing and'for other domestic purposes.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is I 1. Animplementfor markingandtrimming portion flanged upon one end-end having peripheral marking configurations enci provided with a cutting-Wheel upon the other end, in combination with a handle member disposed at right angles to the axial line of the cylinder and its Cutting-wheel, and transversely extended to form 2t journal therefor and to limit the longitudinal movement thereof.

2. Animplementformarkingendtrimming pies and the like consisting in a cylindrical portion provided with a. flanged outer end and having peripheral marking configurations in combination with a, handle member disposed at right angles to the axial line of the cylinder and its cutting-Wheel end trens-,

versely extended to form a journal therefor; In testimony the: I o nim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ei'iixeii my signature in. the preeenoe'ef two witnesses.

THEODORE REMINGER. Witnesses:

H; M. CORY, W.'H. KNIGHT. 

